SolarWinds UDT - Enabling IIS on Windows 7

1. Click Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Server Manager.
2. Click Roles in the left pane.
3. Click Add Roles on the right, in the main pane.
4. Click Next to start the Add Roles Wizard.
5. Check Web Server (IIS).
6. If you are prompted to add features required for Web Server (IIS), click Add Required Features.
7. Click Next on the Select Server Roles window.
8. Click Next on the Web Server (IIS) window.
9. Confirm that Common HTTP Features > Static Content is installed.
10. Check Application Development > ASP.NET.
11. Click Add Required Role Services.
12. Check both Security > Windows Authentication and Security > Basic Authentication.
13. Check Management Tools > IIS 6 Management Compatibility.
14. Click Next on the Select Role Services window.
15. Click Install on the Confirm Installation Selections window.
16. Click Close on the Installation Results window.
17. If you are currently enabling IIS as part of an SolarWinds UDT installation, restart the
SolarWinds UDT installer.
Enabling IIS on Windows 7
SolarWinds only supports evaluations of SolarWinds UDT version 2.0 and later on Windows 7. These
versions of SolarWinds UDT install and enable IIS automatically.
The following manual procedure is provided in case problems occur with the automatic IIS installation for
Windows 7.
1. Click Start and then click Control Panel.
2. In Control Panel, click Programs and Features and then click Turn Windows features on or off.
3. In the Windows Features dialog box, expand Internet Information Services.
4. Expand the category for Web Management Tools and check IIS 6 Management Compatibility. To do
this, you must expand IIS 6 Management Compatibility and then check all of the sub-options
underneath.
5. Expand the category for World Wide Web Services.
6. Expand the sub-category for Application Development Features and check ASP.NET. Note that this
also checks several other options.
7. Expand the category for Common HTTP Features and check Static Content.
8. Expand the category for Security and check both Basic Authentication and Windows Authentication.
9. Click OK.
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